Polishing implement.



H. J. MILLER.

POLISHING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED snmas. 190a.

Patentd June 8, 1909.

g @wv en o To all whom it may concern."

" UNITED iLILSZarEN orrron HENRY J. MILLER, OF NOBLESVILLE, IND IANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT J.

' GRUNDMAN, OF MILWAUKEE,.WIS'CONSIN.

POLISHING IMPLEMENT.

Specificatibn of Letters Patent.

, Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed September 8, 1908. Serial No. 451,494. I

Be it known that I, HENRY J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Noblesville, in the county of Hamilton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Polishing-Implements; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 1

My invention consists in What is herein shown, described and particularly pointed out in claims; its object being to provide simple, economical polishing implements espepeeially. designed for manicuring purposes, an important feature of each implement being a variable tension cushion, 'the cover of which may be readily renewed from time to timeas may be necessary or desirable. v

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a polishing im-- ,plement in accordance with my invention partly broken away; Fig. 2, a plan-view of same partly in horizontal section, and Figs.

.3 and 4 side elevations of the ends of a plate constituting part of the implement.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a plate, one end of which is slitted and bent in o posite directions to form a depending curv1l1near bearing-surface b and double thick prongs c flanking this surface. The

other end of the plate is cut and bent in op-v posite directions to' form another dependingcurvilinear bearing-surface d and .an upper horizontal aperture g of the handle.

' with crossed apertures in which to insert a recurved loop e that is for the most part approximately parallel to said plate.

Securedtothe plate b screws f or other suitable means is a hand e B, of the design herein shown or otherwise, as may be found preferable in practice,-and a screw C in loose connection with a loop, D, is adjustable inha T e head h of the screwvis round and provided turning-pin, not shown.

Folded at its ends, in the loop e of the plate A, and in the loop D that-is carried on the screw 0, are the 'ends of a flexible cushion element of the implement, and these folded ends ofthe'cushion oppose the depending curvilinear surfaces b,--d, of said .plate. gThe cushion comprisesya strip E of leather. or

other suitable material reduced in thickness at its ends to facilitate folding, a lower filling 'i of wool, cotton or other soft material, and a cover F that is preferably chamois.

By adjustment of the screw 0 in the handle B, the tension of the cushion is readily regulated, and when the cover F ofsaid cushion becomes hard,'worn out or otherwise unserviceable, a new one may be readily substituted,

the other parts of the implement being of' virtually everlasting utility or such that may be duplicated from the factory whenever needed I claim: I

1. A polishing implement comprising a plate having de'pending curvilinear bearin surfaces at both ends and an upper recurve loop at one end, a handle in connection with the late, an ad'usting screw engaging the ban 1e, a loop foose on the screw, and a cushion folded at. its ends in said loops against saidbearing surfaces.

2. A polishing implement comprising a plate having one end thereof slitted and a porvilinear 'bearing surface intermediate ofpron-gs, and itsother end cut and oppositely bent to form another depending curvihnear bearin -surface and an upper recurvedloop hand e in connection with the plate, an ad- {usting screw engaging the handle, a loop I oose on the screw, and a cushion folded at its ends in the loops against the bearing-surfaces aforesaid.

4. A polishing implement comprising a plate having'dependlng curvilinear bearm surfaces at both ends and an upper recurve loop atone end, ahandle in connection with the plate, an adjusting screw engaging the handle, a loop loose on the screw, and a have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in cushion havinga detachable cover and em- I the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisbodying a strip of flexible material reduced at consin in the presence of two witnesses. its ends to facilitate folding of the same and H. J. MILLER. 5 said cover in said loops against said bearingsurfaces. v y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I Witnesses S. MARTIN, CHARLES F. BEHM. 

